17 The elders of his household stood beside him to get him up from the ground, but he refused,(A) and he would not eat any food with them.(B)

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17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

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I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;(A) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

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I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

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